TonyM

It isn't unusual to find odd errors in names in old newspapers It is possible to fit in a football pitch at the top of Lynwood Rd just behind the Dog Inn - but the slope gets steep once you get close to Higher Bank St and Sacred Heart School ( I used to do a paper round there in the 70s), so I think it much less likely than lower down The are quite a number of references to the Baptist chapel being built on part of the Rovers ground, together with the original name of Wellfield Rd being "Rover St". I'm sure the ground was on the lower section below St Silas Road which has a much more gentle slope. The OS map for 1895 (surveyed (in 1892) when Rovers had already gone shows where I'm sure it would have been. Building had already started on what would become Lynwood Rd and the surrounding streets. Sacred Heart School wasn't even built by this time - none of the buildings there could have been part of the ground.

When Leamington Road Baptist Church was built, between 1892-1895, their history reports that "A site was purchased in Leamington Street on land formerly used by Blackburn Rovers Football Club" . The ground was in the position shown in green on the illustration above. This was also reported in the Northern Daily Telegraph in April 1893 when the memorial stone was laid..

they won't .... it will be a replay.

Looking at the rain radar, it isn't going to get much better anytime soon

Talking to a Brum fan the other day they are very confident about the game and expecting an easy afternoon ...... I hope they're wrong, but I doubt it

Watching with my son and both laughing at just how bad we are.......

Started off being taken by my dad to reserve games, which would have been at the end of the 60s, but first clear memory of being at Ewood was for Ronnie Clayton's testimonial game in 1970.

Was planning on taking my grandson (age 6) to his first live game today at our local non-league team, but the weather forecast for 3pm is heavy rain so may well end up watching Rovers on Sky instead. I know which I'd rather be doing.

In 50+ years of watching Rovers I've never left a game early, or turned off a televised game before the end .....until Friday, when I stopped watching at half time. Felt bad doing it, but the game was so depressing to watch. Will I watch tonight ? ....probably, at least for a while, but not expecting things to be any better.

The only positive is that we should have enough points to avoid relegation see you next season. I'm out

What an embarrassing mess....hopeless!

Reading the latest posts on the likely new manager and realised, that despite supporting Rovers for 50+ years, I really don't care anymore. Very sad to feel like that, but true.

True....

With Stoke now looking for a striker I imagine Brereton is banging on the gates of their training ground ...... he always said his dream was to play for his home club.

This fixture always makes me think of Boxing Day 2001. I was spending Xmas with my in-laws in the East Midlands but by Boxing Day was really in need of a break. I managed to get through to someone in the ticket office that morning who told me the game was sold out, but with some begging and pleading they managed to find me a single ticket in the Riverside, so I drove up to Ewood. In that game, Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips gave us a real lesson in what a strike partnership was all about (we had Grabbi up front on his own) and completely ripped our defence apart. Craig Short got himself sent off and we were probably lucky to only lose 3-0. Attendance was just a few under 29,000. Still enjoyed getting away from the in-laws for the day though ! This time I'm not making the trip, but will be watching on TV. Not confident about it and would accept a draw but hoping for a 2-1 win. COYB

that should do it ....1-0

Very happy to finally see Gueye and Ohashi start together and to see if they can show signs of a potential partnership... 3-1

The fan I spoke to had no info it was going to happen, or even being considered, just that the fans there don't rate Brereton and want rid .....

Dolan, very lucky to get away with that

Lovely little "nudge" that

I spoke to a Southampton fan yesterday ....they are really hoping we might want Brereton back

Looked like an OG, but let Gueye have it , will give him a bit of confidence

He looked good in the U21s against Carlisle the other week ( although they weren't really a proper test). Thought he linked up very well with Cozier-Duberry - I wouldn't mind seeing them as a pairing.

Looked sharper and fitter in the U21 game yesterday - but was playing in a one sided game against a bunch of kids so it's hard to really judge.